The notice of civil claim says Sergeant Lemaitre received a phone call at 4:30 a.m. on Oct. 14, 2007, hours after Mr. Dziekanski died following a confrontation with four RCMP officers.
Wife of dead officer files lawsuit against RCMP for making him a ‘scapegoat’
By News on the Net Toronto Globe and Mail——Bio and Archives--July 31, 2015
The widow of a former RCMP spokesperson who died by suicide has sued the force for allegedly making him a “scapegoat” after the Robert Dziekanski incident at Vancouver International Airport.
Sheila Lemaitre’s husband, Pierre, was the RCMP’s top spokesman in British Columbia at the time of the airport incident. He killed himself in July, 2013. Ms. Lemaitre, herself a former RCMP member, this week filed a lawsuit against the Attorney-General of Canada and the B.C. Justice Minister for the actions of the Mounties.
The allegations in the lawsuit, which was filed in B.C. Supreme Court, have not been proven. An RCMP spokesperson declined comment Thursday and the force has not filed its defence.
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